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Stephen D. BurnsPartner

Partner with Bennett Jones LLP, leads the Firm's Innovation, Technology and Branding Practice Group. Stephen's practice focuses primarily on technology and IT procurement, outsourcing and licensing, technology transactions, information and privacy law and the protection and commercialization of intellectual property. He routinely negotiates the IP aspects of major energy and infrastructure projects, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, collaborations and joint ventures. He regularly advises clients on their significant IT outsourcings, their investments in technology and technology companies and their information management, cyber-security, social media, document retention, privacy, access and rights management programs, policies, procedures and compliance. Stephen is often called upon to represent clients in front of the Federal, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioners. Stephen's clients include both technology providers and users; including, energy, mining, natural resource, utility, software, clean technology, consumer electronic, agriculture and health companies. As a Registered Trade-mark Agent, Stephen regularly deals with issues concerning licensing, registration and protection of trademarks in Canada and abroad.